Trace-buckle



(NoModeL) 0. W. MOON Trace Buckle;

No. 240,446 Patented April 19,1881.

J III/IA m ATTORNEYS.

N, PETERS, PHOTO-UTNOGRAFMER. WASHINGTON. Dv C.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. OSCAR W. MOON, OF DAYTONVILLE, IOWA.

\ TRACE-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,446, dated April19, 1881.

Application filed March 2, 1881.

To all whom it mag/concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR ,WILLIS Moon, a citizen of the United States,residing at Daytonville, in the county of Washington and State of Iowa,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Trace-Buckles, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a trace-buckle which shall beeasily operative with as little strain as possible upon the leather, andat the same time furnish protection to the wearing part of the tracefrom ,the weather.

My invention consists in a metallic casing having a tongue pivoted inone of its open ends and a central-transverse slot in its inner side forreceiving a loop attached to the hametug, as will be hereinafter morefully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an outside view of myinvention as it appears when attached to a hame-tug, and Fig. 2 acentral vertical section.

The casing A, which is of metal, is made of any suitable shape, butpreferably with four sides, three of which slope gradually from thecenter to the ends, so as to hold the trace snugly, and to allow room inthe center of the chamber for the operation of the metallic loop B,which is inserted at a transverse slot, at, in the fourth or straightside of the said casing. At the forward end of the casing, pivoted tothe straight or inner side thereof, is a tongue,

a, which lies across the open end, resting in a notch or recess, a cutin a re-enforced projection on the opposite side, which serves as abearing for the same.

(No model.)

substantial and reliable in its operation, but

easily adjustable, and at the same time an ornament to a harness.

I am aware that a buckle consisting of a casing having a tongue at oneend is not new. 1 therefore do not claim such a device, broadly; but

What I desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A trace-buckleconsisting of a metallic casing having a tongue at one end and atransverse slot in its inner side, in combination with a bentcoupling-loop, substantially as shown and described, and for. thepurpose set forth.

2. In a trace-buckle, the casing A, having end ward sloping sides,transverse slot a, tongue at, and recess a in combination with bentcoupling-loop B, haine-tug O, and trace D, substantially as shown anddescribed.

OSCAR WILLIS MOON.

Witnesses J. L. OoFFEY, J'. W. MORGAN.

